Giardini Mon Plaisir

It's hard to put this hotel into words - it's just different than anywhere I've ever stayed. It beats any 5 star hotel I've stayed in easily. The hotel itself is beautifully restored and is genuinely a peaceful oasis in the middle of the city. I couldn't believe how quiet it was by the pool, I haven't felt so relaxed in ages. The breakfast was fantastic - all fresh and local, with a daily savoury special that let us try a lot of traditional Trapanese food. The room was great, modern but with some touches of tradition. The AC was the best - not visible and so quiet. The bed was great and even the hairdryer was good which is very unusual for a hotel! It's a good walk to town but we did it a good few times and it was grand. It's about 30 minutes to the edge of the Centro Storico and probably another 15/20 to get to the other end. You can be at the beach in 25 minutes walking. The bus is really handy though, just around the corner and comes bang on time every time. Into town in 10 minutes for €1.20. And Uber is between €15 and €20. The benefit of being outside of town is that it's only a 10 minute walk to the cable car to Erice which meant we were able to visit it a few times and even go for dinner. It's such a beautiful town so being so close was a real bonus! Really though, the standout feature of this hotel is the people. Agostino, Alessandro and the whole team are fantastic. So friendly and genuinely interested in what you're doing and how they can help. We got lots of tips and advice from everyone and Agostino even booked most of our restaurants - all of which were excellent. We also did a wine tasting which was brilliant. They really just couldn't do enough for you. If I could transport the hotel and the team to everywhere I travel in the future I'd be happy!

Everyone working there was great and very customer service oriented. Great stay!

What a beautiful place! When you drive there the first time you might think the surrounding is not so pretty but do not let it influence you. The location is super. The hotel is very good. Breakfast is good. Beds are good. Hotel is very clean. The people are nice. Agostino and Allessandro were a great help and a nice chat. I highly recommend to try a cocktail or non alcoholic cocktail by the pool made by Allessandro. The restaurants Agostino recommends are very nice. They can help you make a reservation or you can do it yourself, tell the restaurants you are staying in giardini mon plaisir if you make the reservation by yourself. We liked restaurant grilli, this is nice to visit on one of your first nights because it's a lovely ambiance and nice streets filled with shops and we love people watching. More quiet is osteria la dolce vita. This restaurant is also popular with the locals, the food at both places is excellent. Stavento is abit more fancy. The view by the water is very beautiful at night. The food is great, but it was great everywhere we went. One night we wanted to keep it very casual and went to I love pizza. Also recommend. The cozze(i think it was called cozze, in Dutch its called mosselen) and the bruschetta are really nice and the pizzas also really nice. Its nice to shop in the area surrounding the hotel(15-20min walk) Favignana (Island) is very nice for beaches, nice small town and cycling around the island. When you want to buy tickets for liberty lines(boat), you cannot buy tickets online for the same day, so we recommend buying one day in advance, or maybe buying tickets in the harbor of you want to go the same day? We bought them online. They recommend to rent an electric bike on the island but when we arrived they no longer had the electric bikes so we used a regular bike. This was absolutely fine. You sweat ofcourse but it's nice to get some exercise. Hats are a necessity. Cooling down with a nice ice cream inside the shop in the town with airconditioning. Giardini mon plaisir: highly recommended.